US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard launched a formal investigation into leaks and widened a probe into the chatrooms and information-sharing platforms used by the intelligence community,

U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has pledged to crack down on people within the intelligence community who leak information to journalists. Gabbard, who oversees 18 spy agencies, said she would be "aggressively pursuing recent leakers" in order to hold them accountable for unauthorized disclosures.

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard revealed she is targeting members of the intelligence community accused of making “politically motivated leaks” to the media. Gabbard announced Friday that her department knows of and is “aggressively pursuing recent leakers from within the Intelligence Community and will hold them accountable.

Gabbard highlighted an undisclosed leaker who shared classified information with the progressive Huffington Post.